How many bakers delight in australia

He invented the Cheesymite Scroll and the rest, as they say, is history. In November, we went international for the very first time, heading across the Tasman to open a Bakers Delight in Auckland. This was the first of many bakeries in New Zealand. Following a breakthrough growth period across Australia and New Zealand, we reached a total of bakeries in operation. A tin of flour fell into a bag of magic dust used to make the dough, and thus Breadhead was born.

A landmark partnership, the money goes directly to the support of thousands of Australians and their families who are affected by breast cancer. A continued period of expansion resulted in our number of operating bakeries reaching impressive new heights of over These prestigious awards presented by the Franchise Council of Australia recognise excellence in franchising — an honour we happily shared with our dedicated network of Franchisees. We launched our Edgemont bakery in Vancouver, British Columbia.

By we had successfully expanded into Canada and were experiencing further growth in Australia and New Zealand. This brought our total up to more than bakeries in operation. A quarter of a century! It may have felt just like yesterday that we opened our first bakery in Melbourne, but Bakers Delight celebrated turning 25 in style. Today, the global business remains family-owned and operated and directly employs almost people with a further 8,, bakers and sales staff employed across more than bakeries.

Talking to the future, Joint CEO David Christie — husband to Elise — believes the strong reputation of the business will drive continued profitable growth for current franchisees, further franchise opportunities in North America, along with different offerings locally.

We are working towards our American footprint being similar to Australia, which could see us having more than stores. When the business was founded, there was a passion to support the community.

There were very few Australia franchises in operation at the time and Roger and Lesley immediately saw the potential for their expanding bakery business. After returning to Australia, they set about setting up a franchising business model via some of their most trusted staff within their existing stores and an exciting new era for the brand began. In the first interstate Bakers Delight store was opened in Adelaide and in Bakers Delight expanded nationally.

This was closely followed by the opening of the first international Bakers Delight store in Auckland, New Zealand in